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Rethinking coal : chemicals and carbon-based materials in the 21st century / Harold Schobert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schobert, Harold H., 1943- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coal trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (369 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- The coal industry, and society's use of coal, is in a time of transition in many parts of the world. Rethinking Coal: Chemicals and Carbon-Based Materials in the 21st Century provides a discussion of the nature and properties of coal, how coal is currently used, environmental forces driving for change in the use of coal, and how coal could be used in cleaner, greener ways in the future.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Rethinking Coal
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Classification
- 3. Coalification
- 4. Structure
- 5. Minerals
- 6. Mining
- 7. Preparation
- 8. Electricity
- 9. Environment
- 10. Coke
- 11. Gasification
- 12. Synthesis
- 13. Liquefaction
- 14. Competition
- 15. Climate
- 16. Chemicals
- 17. Carbons
- 18. W(h)ither?
- Appendix
- Glossary
- Bibliographic Essay
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Schobert, Harold Rethinking Coal
- ISBN:
- 1-5231-5616-3
- 0-19-764680-8
- 0-19-764681-6
- 0-19-991237-8
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